Bill Text: IA HF134 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

Iowa House Bill 134 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the authority of cities to regulate and restrict the occupancy of residential rental property. (Formerly HSB 3.) Effective 7-1-17.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-21 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1142. [HF134 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF134-Enrolled.html


House File 134 - Enrolled




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                              BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 3)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF CITIES TO REGULATE AND
    RESTRICT THE OCCUPANCY OF RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 414.1, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  a.  For the purpose of promoting the health, safety,
 morals, or the general welfare of the community or for the
 purpose of preserving historically significant areas of
 the community, any city is hereby empowered to regulate and
 restrict the height, number of stories, and size of buildings
 and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be
 occupied, the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the
 density of population, and the location and use of buildings,
 structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, or other
 purposes.
    b.  A city shall not, after January 1, 2018, adopt or enforce
 any regulation or restriction related to the occupancy of
 residential rental property that is based upon the existence
 of familial or nonfamilial relationships between the occupants
 of such rental property.


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            JACK WHITVER


                                                                                            CARMINE BOAL


                                                                                            TERRY E. BRANSTA

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